Abstract
I HAVE in previous articles discussed the orientation of many temples in various parts of Egypt. It will have been seen that it has been possible to divide them into solar and stellar temples, and that in the case of the former both solstices and equinoxes have been in question.
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LOCKYER, J. On the Early Temple and Pyramid Builders. Nature 48, 55–58 (1893). https://doi.org/10.1038/048055a0
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